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title: "VAST CSI Driver 2.6.0 Release Notes"
slug: "vast-csi-driver-260-release-notes-2-6"
description: "VAST CSI Driver 2.6.0 is now available, supporting Kubernetes 1.22-1.31.6 and enabling dynamic block storage provisioning for enhanced performance."
updated: 2026-11-03T22:47:18Z
published: 2026-11-03T22:47:18Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/vast-csi-driver-260-release-notes-2-6"
---

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# VAST CSI Driver 2.6.0 Release Notes

VAST CSI Driver 2.6.0 is released to General Availability as of April 2025.

VAST CSI Driver 2.6.0 can be used with Kubernetes 1.22 - 1.31.6 and VAST Cluster 4.1 or 5.4.x.

**Note**: This driver version is not compatible with VAST Cluster 5.5.0 or later.

VAST CSI Driver can be deployed using a Helm chart.

To upgrade to VAST CSI Driver 2.6.0, follow the upgrade procedure in the [*VAST CSI Driver 2.6 Administrator's Guide*](/develop/docs/csi-driver-administrators-guide-2-6).

## New Features and Capabilities

### Block Storage Support

When used with VAST Cluster 5.3 or later, VAST CSI Driver lets you dynamically provision block storage for your Kubernetes pods. This functionality is referred to as the **VAST Block CSI Driver**. To learn more about block storage provisioning with the VAST Block Driver, see [*VAST Block CSI Driver 2.6 Release Notes*](/develop/docs/block-release-notes-2-6) and [*VAST Block CSI Driver 2.6 Administrator's Guide*](/develop/docs/block-csi-driver-administrators-guide-2-6).

### Running multiple instances of VAST CSI Driver

You can run multiple VAST CSI Driver instances on the same Kubernetes cluster.

To do so, deploy each instance under its own name specified on the `csiDriverName` parameter in the driver instance's Helm chart configuration file. Each driver instance needs to be deployed in its own namespace. After deployment, you can supply the driver instance name when specifying the `provisioner` for a storage class (or a snapshot class), as well as when supplying the `driver` name in your pod definition.

For more information, see the [*VAST CSI Driver 2.6 Administrator's Guide*](/develop/docs/csi-driver-administrators-guide-2-6).